BILL NUMBER: SB 2105	CHAPTERED  09/18/00

	CHAPTER   466
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE   SEPTEMBER 18, 2000
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR   SEPTEMBER 15, 2000
	PASSED THE SENATE   AUGUST 25, 2000
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY   AUGUST 21, 2000
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY   AUGUST 11, 2000
	AMENDED IN SENATE   MAY 1, 2000

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Lewis

                        FEBRUARY 25, 2000

   An act to add Section 47611.3 to the Education Code, relating to
charter schools.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 2105, Lewis.  Charter schools.
   Existing law requires that a petition for the establishment of a
charter school contain a reasonably comprehensive description of the
manner by which staff members of a charter school will be covered by
the State Teachers' Retirement System, the Public Employees'
Retirement System, or federal social security.  Existing law
authorizes a chartering agency to charge for the actual costs of
supervisorial oversight of a charter school.  Existing law permits a
charter school to separately purchase administrative or other
services from its chartering agency or other source.
   This bill would require a school district or county office of
education that is the chartering authority of a charter school to
create any reports required by the State Teachers' Retirement System
and the Public Employees' Retirement System at the request of the
charter school.  The bill would require the county superintendent of
schools, employing agency, or school district that reports to those
retirement systems to submit the required reports on behalf of the
charter school, thereby imposing a state-mandated local program.  The
bill would authorize the chartering authority to charge the charter
school for the actual costs of the reporting services.  The bill
would prohibit a school district or county office of education from
requiring a charter school to purchase payroll processing services
from it as a condition of providing the reporting services.  The bill
would also require information submitted on behalf of the charter
school to be in a format conforming to the requirements of the
retirement systems.
  The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local
agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the
state.  Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that
reimbursement.
   This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this
act for a specified reason.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:


  SECTION 1.  Section 47611.3 is added to the Education Code, to
read:
   47611.3.  (a) At the request of a charter school, a school
district or county office of education that is the chartering
authority of a charter school shall create any reports required by
the State Teachers' Retirement System and the Public Employees'
Retirement System.  The county superintendent of schools, employing
agency, or school district that reports to those systems pursuant to
Section 23004 of this code or Section 20221 of the Government Code
shall submit the required reports on behalf of the charter school.
The school district or county office of education may charge the
charter school for the actual costs of the reporting services.
   (b) As a condition of creating and submitting reports  for the
State Teachers' Retirement  System and the Public Employees
Retirement System, the school district or county office of education
shall not require a charter school to purchase payroll processing
services from the chartering authority. Information submitted on
behalf of the charter school to the State Teachers' Retirement
System, the Public Employees' Retirement System, or both, shall be in
a format conforming to the requirements of those systems.
  SEC. 2.  No reimbursement is required by this act pursuant to
Section 6 of Article XIII B of the California Constitution because a
local agency or school district has the authority to levy service
charges, fees, or assessments sufficient to pay for the program or
level of service mandated by this act, within the meaning of Section
17556 of the Government Code.
